Le Li

The ten-day meetings of China’s rubber-stamp Congress have come to an end. According to many Chinese, the meetings were meaningless and accomplished nothing. But public opinion aside, at least three items decided and commented on during the two meetings--legalized secret detentions, Wen Jiabao delivery of yet another (empty) reform speech, and Bo Xilai’s dismissal--point to the fact that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is in crisis mode.